Ukrainian baritone Iurii Samoilov has recently been praised for his “elegant and charismatic” portrayal of Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera (Bachtrack), his “warm tone and emotional expressivity” (El País), and his convincing character portrayals (OperaWire).

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The 2026-27 season will see Samoilov make two house debuts: at Deutsche Oper Berlin, in the title role of Don Giovanniand at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, as Ned Keene in Peter Grimes. During the summer, he will return to both the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Salzburg Festival. On the concert stage, he returns to New York to sing at the ‘Christmas Night Opera Gala’, marking his Carnegie Hall debut and makes his debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for a European tour of Weinberg’s The Passenger, conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

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Last season saw him make a highly successful return to the Metropolitan Opera as Eugene Oneginand as Schaunard in La bohème, as well as to Houston Grand Opera in a new production of Silent Nightas Lieutenant Audebert and to the Gran Teatre del Liceu as Lescaut in Manon Lescaut. He also made his role debut as Sharpless with Irish National Opera and returned to the Rossini Festival as Blansac in La scala di seta. On the concert stage, he returned to the Cleveland Orchestra to perform Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst.

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Other recent highlights include Lukyan Timofeyevich Lebedev in The Idiotat the Salzburg Festival; the title role in Eugene Oneginat Teatro Real Madrid, Finnish National Opera and Den Norske Opera & Ballett; Marco in Gianni Schicchiat Opéra National de Paris; Dandini in La Cenerentolaat Houston Grand Opera; and Sonora in La fanciulla del Westwith the Cleveland Orchestra.

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On the concert platform, highlights include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erdewith the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich; the 2023 New Year’s Eve Concert at Staatskapelle Dresden under conductor Franz Welser-Möst; Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellenat the Concertgebouw Amsterdam; a gala concert televised by ZDF with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, conducted by Frank Beermann at the Gerry Weber Stadion Halle; a concert at the Philharmonie de Paris with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Klaus Mäkelä; a fundraising recital at Brucknerhaus Linz; his first BBC Prom, singing Rachmaninov’s The Bellswith the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka; and many more.